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31st Jan 2018 By Nikolaus Pöchhacker

Messenger Security, Trust, & Infrastructures

Now it happened – I had to install WhatsApp. I opposed the idea of using this app for a long time now, but it is the only communication channel to a new community I just “entered”. And so I complained and then complied. However, installing yet another messenger triggers many different questions in regard to that little piece of software on my phone. And I was especially wondering about the values inscribed in a communication system … especially one I so long opposed. [Read more…]

Tagged With: Communication, Infrastructures, Privacy, Security, Signal, Snowden, Surveillance, Trust, WhatsApp
Filed Under: Allgemein, Blog

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